“Our responsibility has always been connecting Santa Clara County to downtown San Francisco by bringing Caltrain to the Transbay terminal, and we will continue to do that with zeal,” Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who chairs the county Transportation Authority board, tells reporter Rachel Swan.

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“Otherwise, we will have built the most expensive bus terminal in the history of humankind.”

• Ferry and waffles: After a long wait, a streamlined version of Tanya Holland’s Brown Sugar Kitchen has opened inside San Francisco’s Ferry building. Food writer Justin Phillips has five things you need to know about the new soul food outpost.

• Biz chief: The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has a new chief executive - Rodney Fong. He’s the third head of the business organization in three years after his predecessor resigned abruptly in October. Fong has served on the port and planning commissions and has deep ties to the city — he’s a fourth-generation San Franciscan.

• Cloudy year: Solar jobs in California were down 11 percent in 2018, the second year of decline. Solar jobs declined around the country — largely attributed to uncertainty caused by tariffs imposed by the Trump administration — but California was particularly hard hit. Solar advocates and experts aren’t worried yet about the long term.

• Harper watch: Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner has joined the chorus of Giants who lobbied for Bryce Harper to join the team, saying he would be a “huge addition.” But we can still win without him, Bumgarner said.

• Double shift: How does a theater actor afford living in the Bay Area? On the Datebook podcast, theater critic Lily Janiak interviews actor Caleb Cabrera about recent stage roles — and his second line of work — pedicab driver.

• Donation transparency: San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar has introduced a measure that would put campaign finance disclosure rules up for a vote in the November ballot — and it has eight co-sponsors.

The neighborhood around it has changed, but inside the Lone Palm, it might as well be the ’90s — or even the ’40s. Past the awning with its neon sign, through the black curtain, you’ll find a safe haven from the real world and a veritable playground for anachronists.

Taylor Kate Brown joined The San Francisco Chronicle in November 2018 as Newsletter Editor. She writes the morning Bay Briefing email and manages The Chronicle’s collection of newsletters.

She previously worked for BBC News for the website’s North American edition in Washington, DC, first as a staff writer and then as features producer and editor. Before the BBC she worked as a Local Editor for Patch in Maryland and earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She got her start in journalism at the Connecticut Post.